Shot-case



(No Model.)

A. WYSONG.

SHOT GASE.

N0; 26.2;881. Patented Aug. 15, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPHUS WYSONG, OF LEBANON, INDIANA.

SHOT-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,881, dated August15, 1882.

Application filed May 1, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLrHUs WYSONG, a resident of Lebanon, in thecounty of Boone, State of Indiana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in ShotOases, of which the following is a specification,having reference to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved case for the use of retail dealersin storing and delivering shot and other articles which have the likequality of moving readily and easily over an inclined surface by forceof gravitation, my object being to combine with a case for holding andstoring shot and other articles an adjustable measuring device adaptedto measure different quantities, to be filled from the storage-chamber,and to be emptied without removal from the case.

My invention consists in a storage-case having converging sides and aninclined bottom, all converging to an open slot, and the sides expandingbelow said slot to form a cylindrical tube having a longitudinal slot inthe lower side, within which tube another tube revolves of like form,provided in its interior with a movable transverse partition controlledfrom the outside, and having one or morelongitudinal slots, all soarranged and combined that .the aforesaid interior tube will receive agiven amount of the contents of the storage-chainber, which amount isgoverned by the aforesaid movable partition, and on being partiallyrevolved will close the inlet-aperture and discharge its contents intoareceptacle below, the shot or other articles moving freely by force ofgravitation, as hereinafter fully set forth.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section; Fig. 2, a transverse section througham, both taken vertically.

Like letters refer to. the same parts in both figures.

a is the storage-chamber, made preferably of sheet metal, and having itssides and bottom converging to the opening b, the sides afterwardexpanding to form the cylindrical inclined tube 0, which is providedwith a slot, d, extendingalong its lower side nearly its entire length.Within tube a another tube, 6, is fitted, filling the same, but easilyrevolved (No model.)

therein. Tube 6 is provided with a top opening, f, corresponding to theopening b, and has also'a slot, i, extending nearly its whole length, alittle to one side of the slot 01 in the case, the

arrangement being such that when openings fand b are opposite slot 01 isclosed. by tube bar, Z, is attached to said partition, which bar extendsthrough the front closed end of the tube, being held longitudinally inposition by the sliding bolt m, which fits into one of a series of holesmade in the bar, thereby graduating it to indicate the weight in poundsor ounces of the contents of the tube. To the front end of bar 1 isattached ahandle, n. The rear end of tube a is closed with two disks,one soldered fast to the tube, and the other, 0, is movable by means ofthe screw s, the purpose of which is to more nicely adjust the interiorlength of the open space in tube 0 than can be done with bar l.

The operation of my device is as follows: The chamber at having beenfilled with shot or similar articles through the hopper t, and it beingdesired to take therefrom, say, one-half pound, bar lis drawn outwardtill bolt m engages the hole in said bar marked a. Tube 6 is then soturned by handle a that openings f and b are opposite. That portion oftube e between partitionj and the rear end is filled at once by the shotfalling into it. By partially revolving tube 0 opening b is closed andslots '5 and 01 come opposite and tube 0 is emptied, the shot fallinginto an inclined trough, u, by which they are conducted to the front ofthe case, where they are received in any'suitable vessel. It is obviousthat the device may be used for any article which will readily andentirely run into tube 6 and along trough u. Tubes 0 and 0 beinginclined toward the frontend of the case, and the opening b being nearthe extreme rear end, insure the perfect filling of tube and thecomplete discharge of its a cylindrical tube open along its lower side,with a corresponding cylindrical tube adapted to revolve within saidfirst-mentioned tube, and to receive and discharge successive separatequantities of the contents of said storagechamber, and a means foradjusting from the outside the interior receiving capacity of the saidrevolving tube.

2. The combination, with chamber a and tubes 0 and e, of the movablepartitionj and 10 bar Z, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with tube 0, partition j, and bar I, of the movableend 0 and set-screw s, for the purpose set forth.

ADOLPH US WYSONG. Witnesses WILLIAM N. HOPKINS, WILLIAM J. HOOTON.

